Web Components news — Web Standards

February 10

Reference Target: having your encapsulation and eating it too

New proposal lets shadow DOM internals be referenced via the host without breaking encapsulation.

February 2

Auto-import only the elements you actually use, and keep upgrades working after DOM changes.

January 26

Light DOM components, plus signals-based state, without committing to full Lit.

January 13

Skip boilerplate with scaffolded tests, CI, and secure npm publishing.

November 25, 2025

Using the User Timing API to track real-world component performance

November 21, 2025

How Light DOM, Lit, and Testing Library made a legacy app’s web components testable.

November 10, 2025

Advanced color picker supports wide-gamut and multiple color spaces.